AI · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Templar

Turn your data into PDFs with one API call

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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   Ready-to-use API to convert any web page to PDF using headless Chrome▲129

   Loads a web page in headless Chrome using Puppeteer and prints it to PDF. The input is a JSON object and output is a PDF file.

   2017 · apify.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   I Built a SasS Using Vapor and Puppeteer▲12

   Easily generate high quality PDF documents from HTML or templates. Fast, scalable and privacy focused PDF generation API.

   2020 · docamatic.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Pdf-Bot, an API/CLI for Generating PDFs Using Headless Chrome▲235

   🤖 A Node queue API for generating PDFs using headless Chrome. Comes with a CLI, S3 storage and webhooks for notifying subscribers about generated PDFs - esbenp/pdf-bot

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Anvil PDF Filling API▲205

   The easiest way to programmatically populate any PDF

   2020 · useanvil.com · its alternatives →

5. 5PA
   PDF API – Generate, convert, and modify PDF documents▲204

   Hi HN, Arek here. We’re super excited to officially launch PSPDFKit API [1]. PSPDFKit API is a collection of HTTP APIs that enable you to convert, generate, and edit documents without running any service on your infrastructure. What differentiates our API from others is that you can chain together multiple “actions” as part of a single API request. For example, you can convert, OCR, watermark, edit, and flatten a document — all in one call. Available actions [2]: - PDF Generator - PDF Converter - Image Converter - OCR - Watermark - Merge - Split - Duplicate - Delete - Flatten Our…

   2022 · its alternatives →

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   TemplateTo▲125

   Document generation API

   2022 · templateto.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   API Template▲118

   Generate images and PDFs with simple API

   2021 · apitemplate.io · its alternatives →

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   PDFMonkey▲164

   Automate your PDF generation, get the job done

   2023 · its alternatives →

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   Puppeteer API▲139

   Convert your website into an API

   2020 · its alternatives →

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    Doppio▲155

    HTML to PDF/image API

    2023 · doppio.sh · its alternatives →

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    PDF Otter – Fill in PDFs Online and API▲109

    Fill in PDF templates with the PDF Otter API. Use it to accept eSignatures in your app, repeatedly fill in common PDF forms, or build large scale apps around PDF documents.

    2017 · pdfotter.com · its alternatives →

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    DeploySentinel Recorder▲95

    Automatically generate Playwright & Puppeteer scripts

    2022 · hyperdx.io · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Refraction▲156

    Generate unit tests, create docs and refactor code using AI.

    2023 · refraction.dev · its alternatives →

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    ThePDFApi, a Chrome Based PDF Generation API Hosted on AWS▲41

    Hello HN! It kept surprising me how much of a hassle it is to generate a PDF with decent HTML5 rendering from my SaaS apps. I tried several free libs and APIs but ended up with botched rendering a lot of times. So I set out to simplify this chore by creating an AWS hosted HTML to PDF conversion API that's based on Chrome. This API will allow a dev to just send the HTML to our API and get a PDF in response without having to worry about running and managing Chrome somewhere in their infra. I just finished the first version of my landing page and hosted pdf generation API…

    2018 · its alternatives →

15. 15PS
    Puppeteer scripts in the Browser, DevTools on remote pages▲52

    2021 · pptrconsole.com · its alternatives →

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    PDF merge API▲98

    Create PDF documents from data and templates

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    Run Puppeteer on AWS Lambda▲75

    Chromium Binary for AWS Lambda and Google Cloud Functions - alixaxel/chrome-aws-lambda

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    PDF Generator API▲15

    Creating PDF files made easy

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    I made a platform to debug Puppeteer (JS) crashes visually▲24

    Hey HN! I'm Ivan. I've been working on a solution to visually debug my own https:&#x2F;&#x2F;pptr.dev&#x2F; crashes, and this week I opened it to the public: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;buglesstack.com&#x2F;. If you have any questions or suggestions to improve it, feel free to contact me at [email protected]. Thanks for reading! <3

    2025 · buglesstack.com · its alternatives →

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    Pdfbix▲59

    Scalable REST API to generate PDF

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    Puppeteer Cloud Testing▲91

    Run automated Puppeteer tests in the cloud

    2023 · testingbot.com · its alternatives →

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    Forge▲81

    Dynamic PDF / DOCX document generation

    2021 · useforge.app · its alternatives →

23. 23PN
    Placecard.net – Free PDF Seating Cards with Puppeteer▲15

    Need printable seating cards for your event? Placecard.net lets you: Design seating cards in your browser (no signup) Auto-generate PDFs using Puppeteer (no manual drag-anddrop) 100% free for small events Tech stack: Next.js (frontend) Puppeteer (PDF generation) Hosted on Vercel (fast renders) I built this after struggling with manual seating charts for my wedding. Now you can: Upload guest names Adjust layout (optional) Click "Generate PDF" → Done! No AI, no pricing tiers—just free PDF seating cards. Try it now | How Puppeteer makes it work

    2025 · placecard.net · its alternatives →

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    PDF Generator API▲12

    A flexible Web API and template editor for PDF generation

    2020 · pdfgeneratorapi.com · its alternatives →

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